Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust has reported on the progress of its community virtual ward service a year after launch, with the trust highlighting how the service has admitted and discharged 1,315 patients in that time. Since its launch in September 2023, the virtual ward has reportedly helped […]
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Budget 2024: what does it mean for the NHS?
With Labour delivering its budget for 2024, HTN takes a look at what the latest measures mean for the NHS, as chancellor Rachel Reeves announces an increase in day-to-day spending for public services by 3.3 percent on average in real terms over this year with an increase of £22.6 billion in […]
2025 HTN panel discussions and features schedule: From EPRs, patient flow, cyber security, to the shift to proactive care and more
2025 is shaping up to be a busy one here at HTN – let’s take a look at the HTN Now virtual panel discussions we’ve got lined up for next year, as well as our features schedule. 2025 panel schedule First up, here are our planned panels for next year. […]
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust launches immersive simulation suite
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has launched an immersive simulation suite designed to support training for multi-disciplinary staff in the development of a range of clinical and non-clinical skills, with technology utilised to “create lifelike visual surroundings, sounds and smells”. The suite includes a high fidelity manikin capable of […]
AI use cases in the NHS: supporting diagnosis, personalising treatment, predicting disease
Let’s take a look at some of the latest use cases and research around artificial intelligence (AI) across the NHS. Predicting disease development at Imperial College An AI model designed to help predict the risk of developing disease using an electrocardiogram (ECG) has been developed by researchers from Imperial College […]
Princess Alexandra Hospital electronic health record to go live first week of November
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has shared that its new electronic health record ‘Alex Health’ is to go live on 2-3 November 2024, offering an integrated digital record of patient care which will draw information from “all health systems that currently store patient information/data”. The trust refers to the […]
Digital mental health: plans for improved data quality, engagement challenges and attitudes, priorities in this space…
In this report on digital mental health, we explore key updates in this space over the past few months, from plans to improve data use within mental health services to how a chatbot can be utilised to support mental health referrals; and we’ll also take a look at some audience […]
HTN Now: the role of digital in going green and supporting sustainability in healthcare
HTN was joined by James Driver, digital innovation manager at Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) ICB, to talk about some of the work going on around “going green”, and the role of digital in supporting the sustainability agenda across health and care. James shared with us a little about […]
Interview: “If you wait for perfection, you will never do anything” Ian Mackenzie, NHS leader
For our latest interview we sat down for a chat with Ian Mackenzie, an NHS leader with over 35 years of experience in digital healthcare. Ian retired in 2021 but has been holding interim roles since then. Ian’s background and experience in digital healthcare Ian first started working in the […]
NHS England publishes £13.3 million expansion for “Tiger Teams” to support EPR delivery
NHS England has published a contract notice with an estimated total value of £13.3 million for an “experienced, multi-skilled, rapid response intervention service also known as a Tiger Teams service” to support EPR delivery across England. The service is said to be an expansion to an existing support offer available […]
